Press Release
For Immediate Release
30 June 2008
ACTE AND VCD HONOR COMPANIES WITH CSR MOBILITY AWARD
International associations recognize companies for environmentally-friendly practices
Alexandria, Va. --
The Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE), along with B.A.U.M. e.V. (German Environmental Management Association), DMM Magazine (Der Mobilitätsmanager) and Verkehrsclub Deutschland (VCD), recognized European companies for their successfully implemented environmentally-friendly practices at the First Annual CSR Mobility Awards in Berlin on 10 June. Christine Dunton-Tinnus, ACTE Regional Director, Western, Southern and West Central Europe, served on the jury committee for the awards and was a presenter at the ceremony.
B.A.U.M. e.V., DMM Magazine and VCD together created the CSR Mobility Award for green business travel and for the first time announced this award in 2008.
Dunton-Tinnus announced the winners of the CSR Mobility Awards at the ceremony, in addition to René Waßmer from VCD, Dieter Brübach from B.A.U.M. e.V and Gernot Zielonka from DMM. “ACTE is extremely honored that VCD asked us to partner with them in giving this award to environmentally conscious corporations,” she said. “We look forward to a continued collaboration with VCD on their Green Business Travel Project, and remain committed to working with them to develop guidelines for business travellers and their companies for green best practices.”
Recipients of the awards were divided into small-, medium- and large-sized corporations. The winners were Alpine Pearls (small), ba
“Corporate Social Responsibility is an important initiative that all companies need to take,” said Sonja Gehrig CSR Manager, INFRAS. “However, the programs need to be implemented using a holistic approach with top management acting as a role model.”
At the beginning of 2008, VCD and ACTE announced its partnership on the Green Business Travel Project, which will provide companies, and the public sector, with a toolkit on the ecological aspects of planning and taking business trips. Checklists and a cost calculator will identify those areas in which travel practices can be made more environmentally friendly, as well as enable them to estimate expenses.
The toolkit also will contain practical green measures that can be taken by a company in the areas of organization and administration, fleet management, choosing means of transportation and accommodation. It is scheduled for publication in Fall 2008.
ACTE officially launched its CSR Initiative in the Fall of 2004, and was the first organization in the business travel industry to recognize this key issue, and to educate members on the positive corporate and social benefits of sound CSR practices.
ACTE’s CSR Program is member driven and is lead by a Global CSR Committee represented by leading organizations across the industry and around the world. It offers a comprehensive programme on relevant CSR issues for corporate travel buyers, hotels, airlines and TMCs, including practical tools and resources, and innovative education events with leading experts and state-of-the-art research.
The Committee also develops strategic alliances with leading organizations to provide a wide choice of innovative, inspirational and integrated solutions as well as expert speakers on key relevant CSR issues such as carbon management, labour migration and corporate duty of care.
ACTE will convene a Global Business Summit, “Mainstreaming CSR in Business Travel Management – The Strategic Role of the Corporate Travel Industry,” as an integral part of this year’s Asia-Pacific Education Conference in Singapore, 20-21 August 2008. This high-profile panel session will focus on the impacts, challenges and solutions surrounding CSR and the business travel industry, and highlight how the industry can integrate responsible business travel management practices into its fr
ACTE will continue to commit itself, now and in the future, to promoting the economic prosperity of the business travel industry in conjunction with environmental protection.
For more information on ACTE and its CSR initiatives, please go to http://www.acte.org/initiatives/CSR.php.
ABOUT ACTE:
The Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) represents the global business travel industry through its international advocacy efforts, executive level educational programs, and independent industry research. ACTE's membership consists of senior travel industry executives from 82 countries representing the €200 billion business travel industry. With the support of sponsors from every major segment of the business travel industry, ACTE develops and delivers educational programs in key business centers throughout the world. ACTE has offices in Asia, Canada, Europe, Latin America, South Africa, and the United States. For more information on ACTE, please go to www.acte.org.
ABOUT VCD:
Transport Club Germany (VCD) is an environmental organization working towards environmentally friendly and socially sustainable mobility. The current focus on climate change and the environment has brought to the fore the necessity of changing our ways, particularly in the area of transportation, if we are to reduce negative environmental impacts. Therefore, interest has increased in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the qualitative aspects of business travel, not only economic efficiency. For more information on VCD, please go to www.vcd.org/geschaeftsreisen . Press contact: Daniel Kluge, Fon +49(0)30/280351-12, E-Mail [email protected].
ABOUT CSR MOBILITY AWARD:
The CSR Mobility Award from DMM, B.A.U.M. e.V. and VCD will be announced annually. For further information about the winning companies of 2008, and how to qualify for next year’s competition, please go to www.csr-award.de.
For more information, contact:
Debbie Flynn
CEO
Brighter Group
The Pod, London's Vertical Gateway
Bridges Wharf, Battersea
London SW11 3BE England
T: 020 7326 9880
F: 020 7326 9890
E: [email protected]
W: www.brightergroup.com